New York S 6765: Establishes a brand owner's license

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S06765 Summary:

BILL NOS06765A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07166-A

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRKAVANAGH

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 27 Title 29 §§27-2901 - 27-2913, En Con L; add §92-kk, St Fin L; amd §4, Chap 550 of 2013

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Relates to the proper collection and disposal of mercury thermostats; establishes a fund for the stewardship of mercury thermostats; extends the effectiveness of the mercury thermostat collection act.

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BILL NOS06765A

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03/24/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/02/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/04/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/04/2026PRINT NUMBER 6765A

03/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

03/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.603

03/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/21/2026PASSED SENATE

04/21/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/22/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6765--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
 Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
 vation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
 law, in relation to the proper collection and disposal of mercury
 thermostats; and to amend chapter 550 of the laws of 2013, amending
 the environmental conservation law relating to establishing the mercu-
 ry thermostat collection act, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Title 29 of article 27 of the environmental conservation
 2 law, as added by chapter 550 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 TITLE 29
 5 MERCURY THERMOSTAT COLLECTION ACT
 6 § 27-2901. Definitions.
 7 1. "Collection program" means a system for the collection, transporta-
 8 tion, recycling, and disposal of out-of-service mercury thermostats that
 9 is financed and managed or provided by a thermostat manufacturer indi-
 10 vidually or collectively with other thermostat manufacturers in accord-
 11 ance with this section.
 12 2. "Producer responsibility organization" means a not-for-profit
 13 organization established by a thermostat manufacturer or group of ther-
 14 mostat manufacturers to implement an out-of-service mercury thermostat
 15 collection program.
 16 3. "Collection site" means a location accepting mercury thermostats as
 17 part of a mercury thermostat collection program.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11030-02-6

 S. 6765--A 2

 1 4. "Contractor" means a person engaged in the business of installa-
 2 tion, service or removal of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning
 3 components in this state.
 4 5. "Mercury thermostat" means a product or device that uses a mercury
 5 switch to sense and control room temperature through communication with
 6 heating, ventilation, or air-conditioning equipment and includes thermo-
 7 stats used to sense and control room temperature in residential, commer-
 8 cial, industrial and other buildings but does not include a thermostat
 9 used to sense and control temperature as part of a manufacturing proc-
 10 ess.
 11 [3.] 6. "Out-of-service mercury thermostat" means a mercury thermostat
 12 that is removed, replaced or otherwise taken out of service in this
 13 state.
 14 [4. "Qualified contractor" means a person engaged in the business of
 15 installation, service or removal of heating, ventilation, and air-condi-
 16 tioning components who employs seven or more service technicians or
 17 installers.
 18 5.] 7. "Qualified local government [authorities] authority" means any
 19 municipal c